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2025/2026  KAN-CJURV2503U  Legal Risk Management and Intellectual Property Law

English Title
Legal Risk Management and Intellectual Property Law

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Second Quarter
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 100
Study board
Study Board of Governance, Law, Accounting & Management Analytics
Course coordinator
  • Vishv Priya Kohli - Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL)
Main academic disciplines
  • Business Law
  • Innovation
Teaching methods
  • Blended learning
Last updated on 13-02-2025

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Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to
  • account for the basics of legal risk management and intellectual property law ( with focus on copyrights, trademarks and design law); unfair competition law; contract law; data protection law; and personality rights;
  • select and apply the rules relevant to creative business processes and management;
  • Critically analyze legal problems in specific contexts in order to constructively manage the legal risks involved.
Examination
Legal Risk Management and Intellectual Property Law:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Written assignment
Release of assignment The Assignment is released in Digital Exam (DE) at exam start
Duration 72 hours to prepare
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

The course will give an understanding of the basic principles and structures of mainly private law, from a European perspective, related to business processes in order to choose and assess the appropriate legal structure for business transactions. The course covers the various parts of intellectual property law and related legal branches relevant to business processes namely copyright law but also design law, trademark law, unfair competition law, contract law and personality rights. The course includes two voluntary home assignments.

 

Tentative lecture plan

 

1. Lecture - Introduction to IP law

2. Lecture - Copyright Law - I

3. Lecture - Copyright Law - II

4. Lecture - Design Law 

5. Lecture - Contract Law

6. Lecture - Trade Mark Law I

7. Lecture - Trade Mark Law II

8 Lecture - Competition Law

9. Lecture - Data Protection Law

10. Lecture - Personality Rights 

11. Lecture - Enforcement and Remedies
Research-based teaching
CBS’ programmes and teaching are research-based. The following types of research-based knowledge and research-like activities are included in this course:
Research-based knowledge
  • Classic and basic theory
  • Teacher’s own research
Research-like activities
  • Development of research questions
  • Analysis
  • Discussion, critical reflection, modelling
  • Peer review including Peer-to-peer
Description of the teaching methods
Teaching takes place mainly in large classes and consists of a mixture of dialog-based lectures, presentations, discussions and assignments/cases. The students are expected to make group presentations on pre-assigned case law in order to encourage critical thinking and facilitate constructive collaborations.
Feedback during the teaching period
Written feedback is provided to all students who attempt the ’mock exam’ held two weeks prior to the end of the course. Written feedback is provided on all group written assignments during the teaching period.
Student workload
Course activities (including preparation) 146 hours
Exam (including exam preparation) 60 hours
Expected literature

The following is not an exhaustive list and will be updated to reflect current developments in the field:

 

 

Justine Pila og Paul Torremans, European Intellectual Property Law, Oxford University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-19-872991-4.

 

Neves, Pedro Cunha, et al. "The link between intellectual property rights, innovation, and growth: A meta-analysis." Economic Modelling 97 (2021): 196-209.

 

Mansfield, Edwin. "Intellectual property, technology and economic growth." Intellectual Property Rights in Science, Technology, and Economic Performance. Routledge, 2019. 17-30.

 

Grimaldi, Michele, Marco Greco, and Livio Cricelli. "A framework of intellectual property protection strategies and open innovation." Journal of Business Research 123 (2021): 156-164.

 

Habib, Misbah, Jawad Abbas, and Rahat Noman. "Are human capital, intellectual property rights, and research and development expenditures really important for total factor productivity? An empirical analysis." International Journal of Social Economics 46.6 (2019): 756-774.

 

Menell, Peter S. "Economic analysis of network effects and intellectual property." Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (2019): 157-230.

 

Bagley, Constance E., 'The Value of a Legally Astute Top Management Team: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach', in David J. Teece, and Sohvi Heaton (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Dynamic Capabilities (online edn, Oxford Academic, 10 Sept. 2015)

 

Brown, Abbe EL, and Charlotte Waelde, eds. Research handbook on intellectual property and creative industries. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.

 

Boldrin*, Michele, and David K. Levine*. "What’s intellectual property good for?." Revue économique 64.1 (2013): 29-53.

 

Kohli, Vishv Priya, and Stina Teilmann-Lock. "Black is back: Maritime and Commercial Court of Denmark rules in landmark copyright case." Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 14.11 (2019): 829-830.

 

Kohli, Vishv Priya, and Stina Teilmann-Lock. "My plate, not thine—copyright infringement of Würtz utensils." Journal Of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 16.12 (2021): 1301-1303.

 

 

Cohen, Joshua L. "Deliberate Differentiation by Design: Strategies for Generating Valuable Intellectual Property." Design Management Review 22.4 (2011): 54-61.
Last updated on 13-02-2025